Asia

• 16 September 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas South Korea and north Korean authorities hold first meeting to plan humanitarian AID in 2007 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Members of Caritas South Korea had a first meeting with authorities of North Korea to make contact with regard to the flow of humanitarian aid South-North. The meeting is part of a North Korea Aid ...
• 15 September 2006
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Minute Catholic community in a land of first evangelisation, despite little religious freedom and no place of worship, dreams of building its own church one day soon Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - In a country which is 90% desert land, the Gospel is beginning to flower thanks to the work and prayers of Fr. Andrzej Madej, an Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate(OMI), Superior of the Catho ...
• 15 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslim religious leaders and intellectuals call for a reprieve for three Indonesian Catholics condemned to death Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Muslim religious leaders and intellectuals who took part in the recent Inter-religious Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi organised by the S. Egidio Community, addressed a letter to the president of ...
• 14 September 2006
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnam cradle for vocations to the religious life has new Salesian Novitiate Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - In Vietnam vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life continue to flourish and seminaries are filled as an increasing number of young people decide to dedicate their lives to ...
• 14 September 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -Corruption and religious fanaticism must be eradicated: Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission seminar Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the present situation of crisis what Pakistan needs is national solidarity and unity and respect for the founding values of the nation, justice and peace. This emerged from a recent Seminar or ...
• 13 September 2006
  ASIA - Asian Bishops at Rome Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples share impressions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Communion among Bishops, closer relations with the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, insight with regard to the Bishop’s identity and ministry: Asian Bishops at Rome Study S ...
• 13 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops condemn attack on Catholic school in Lucknow; sixteen schools closed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Another episode of anti-Christian violence has been reported in in India, at Lucknow, in the central northern state of Uttar Pradesh. On 10 September a gang of Hindu nationalist extremists att ...
• 12 September 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - Caritas Internationalis delegation assesses needs in view of humanitarian aid and rebuilding Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In view of humanitarian intervention in Lebanon after 34 days of war against Israel ended with a cease fire agreement reached on 14 August, Caritas Internationalis sent a team comprising a number ...
• 11 September 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “Since the fighting stopped hope has returned”: testimony from Father Fadel Sidarouss SJ, Near East Jesuit Provincial Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - “The cries of the poor and the victims of war reach our hearts, but in Lebanon life has resumed since the fighting stopped: refugees have returned home, schools and markets have opened, rebuild ...
• 11 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - No to terrorism and violence: religious communities and civil society in Maharashtra condemn attacks on Malegaon mosque and vow to promote social and religious harmony Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The people’s response to violence and terrorism is ‘no’. After the recent attack in front of a mosque in Malegaon, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, “people in Maharashtra have ...
• 11 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church prays and hopes the lives of three Catholics will be saved Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Indonesia fear for the fate of three Catholics from Poso in Sulawesi, Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwa and Dominggus da Silva accused of homicide during inter-religious clashes in Poso 2 ...
• 11 September 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Evangelisation on line allows Catholics to share the faith: 200 students complete first year and start second year Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The final statement issued at the end of Asian Youth Day in Hong Kong called for the Internet to be used for evangelisation particularly for the benefit of young people. A programme for Evange ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA Mother Teresa is commemorated in Gujarat on the 9th anniversary of her death as a source of unity and harmony among different communities Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - Numerous people of various faiths gathered yesterday 5 September in central Ahmedabad, capital of the western Indian state of Gujrat to commemorate Mother Teresa of Calcutta on the 9th annive ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The emergency continues for earthquake victims and displaced persons Yoyakarta and Bandung, more help urgently need before the rains come”, says National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - “We continue to provide humanitarian aid to displaced persons affected by natural disasters in the past months. Our Pontifical Mission Societies group of lay volunteers continues to collect mo ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Local Catholic Church strives to be “voice, feet and hands” of Christ in a Muslim majority society Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians as members of the Body of Christ are called to be His voice, His feet, His hands” says Jesuit Father O.C. Lim, editor of “Catholic Asian News” a monthly publication issu ...